MUSICIAN

Eddie Van Halen

1955 - 2020

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Edward Lodewijk Van Halen ( van HAY-lən, Dutch: [ˈɛtʋɑrt ˈloːdəʋɛik fɑn ˈɦaːlə(n)]; January 26, 1955 – October 6, 2020) was an American musician. He was the guitarist, keyboardist, backing vocalist and primary songwriter of the rock band Van Halen, which he founded with his brother Alex in 1972. Van Halen is widely regarded as one of the greatest guitarists in rock history and was well known for popularizing the tapping guitar technique, allowing rapid arpeggios to be played with two hands on the fretboard. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eddie Van Halen has received more than 17,241,650 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Eddie Van Halen is the 264th most popular musician (down from 246th in 2019), the 191st most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 159th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 17M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Eddie Van Halen ranks 264 out of 3,175. Before him are Henryk Szeryng, Karl Jenkins, Heinrich Neuhaus, Paul Stanley, Steve Harris, and Billy Idol. After him are J. J. Cale, Narciso Yepes, Dolores O'Riordan, Louis Vierne, Charles Mingus, and Mauro Giuliani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Eddie Van Halen ranks 64. Before him are John Grisham, J. K. Simmons, Jean Tigana, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Michael Rooker, and Billy Idol. After him are Adem Jashari, Béla Tarr, José Antonio Camacho, Billy Milligan, Maria Shriver, and Toninho Cerezo. Among people deceased in 2020, Eddie Van Halen ranks 72. Before him are Freeman Dyson, Stirling Moss, Jack Steinberger, Ulay, Amadou Toumani Touré, and Clive Cussler. After him are Kelly Preston, Kang Kek Iew, Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Lee Kun-hee, Terry Jones, and Momčilo Krajišnik.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Eddie Van Halen ranks 191 out of 1,646. Before him are Princess Christina of the Netherlands (1947), Abe Lenstra (1920), Ruud Geels (1948), Margaret of Bavaria (1363), Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588), and Corry Brokken (1932). After him are Balthasar van der Ast (1593), Willem de Sitter (1872), Nicholas J. Spykman (1893), Wesley Sneijder (1984), Johann Adam Reincken (1643), and Rachel Ruysch (1664).

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Among MUSICIANS In Netherlands

Among musicians born in Netherlands, Eddie Van Halen ranks 3. Before him are André Rieu (1949), and Bernard Haitink (1929). After him are Tiësto (1969), Armin van Buuren (1976), Ton Koopman (1944), Jan Akkerman (1946), Eduard van Beinum (1900), Frans Brüggen (1934), Candy Dulfer (1969), Alex Van Halen (1953), and Afrojack (1987).

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